I'm a bit mystified by our perception of Roko Ukic. In the other thread, he has 11 of 37 votes for the biggest dissapointment, and if thriller really meant to vote for him and not for Sam, it's more likt 12 of 36, which is an even 33%. That leaves only 66% that could potentially see roko as a bona-fide backup this season, which technically could be a majority. However, I don't share that opinion, and there might be others ... So, what do you think of Roko's chances in the league next season?

hopefully he will do ok, and will getr some minutes at the beginning of the season. If he gets a chance i hope he will take it and will be a great pick up for us in form of a very solid PG for years to come

If not we have Solomon, he could use the minutes and Roko can learn ...

I'm hoping he can adjust right away, but I see him falling into the 3rd pg role until later in the year where his production will be better and he'll be making more of the correct plays on both sides of the ball. I hope I'm wrong and he can come in and play well to start, but its hard to see. Hopefully if Roko does suck that Solomon guy can actually step in and play

I don't see Solomon doing much of anything on this team. I see him a slight upgrade over Milt Palacio really (for those who remember who Milt is)

Ukic like any rookie PG will struggle early on. But he's turned into a smart player and has really matured. Really, he reminds me alot of Calderon his rookie season but has propensity to push the ball more and is a better defender. I think Calderon has better court vision of course and is a better shooter, but Ukic this season will be impressive on the fast break (where we lack, Calderon's propensity to halt the fast break is annoying) and he's a smart defender.

I could envision a future line up of Calderon/Ukic/Moon/Bosh/J.O very easily to close out games as Ukic and Moon on the wings would be able to use their length very wisely.

Ukic is not very skilled nor he is mature enough and has poor decision making. That's why he was downgraded from Tau Ceramica to Barcelona and then to Lottomatica Roma in a few years. People who know European basketball will know what this means. Tau Ceramica which is (arguably) one of the top three teams in Europe didn't keep him although they'd lost Calderon to the NBA.

He is OK for filling the third PG option for Raptors and IMO Solomon is clearly better than him. Especially in critical moments (though he can be silly at times) and playoffs he will be more useful than Ukic with his passion for winning. Ukic could be returning to Europe after this year.

He is OK for filling the third PG option for Raptors and IMO Solomon is clearly better than him. Especially in critical moments (though he can be silly at times) and playoffs he will be more useful than Ukic with his passion for winning. Ukic could be returning to Europe after this year.

wow. that's some pretty harsh criticism.

The few times i've seen Roko play, i actually found him to be a mature player who wouldn't do too much and just played within his talents. He wasn't incredible or anything, but he was sound and played composed.

But then again, you have probably seen more of him than we have... so i just hope you turn out to be wrong.